James Nyika

999 E St., Original Painting

2021

Artist Comments
"So... The Hard Rock Cafe is at this location, but what really makes the site so beautiful is the surrounding buildings, and in particular the massive shadow they throw on them!" says artist James Nyika. "For those with long memories of Washington, this piece is a keeper - for a location that I frequented and love dearly."

About the Artist
Artist James Nyika paints the glowing atmosphere of cities across the world. As a child growing up in Kenya, he found art materials at the student bookshop and also borrowed just about every art history volume from the British Council library in Nairobi. "I checked out the same books over and over just to stare at the art, to try and understand how it was created," says James. With family encouragement to study engineering, James moved to the U.S. and immersed himself in science studies at Boston University. Several years after embarking on a tech career, he set a goal to create at least one painting a week, never throwing away any works and learning as much as possible in his off hours. Today, James still balances his full-time career designing large software systems with his prolific output as a painter. "Painting is a great antidote to the regularity of a computing profession and I really value it for the uncertainty that it brings - something frowned upon when writing code."

Words that describe this painting: cafe, Washington DC, buildings, shadows, architecture, cityscape, street, road, city, architecture, impressionism, travel, representational, watercolor painting, orange

999 E St.
James Nyika
Watercolor painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2021
16 in. h x 20 in. w
0 lbs. 1 oz.